Essai de géologie
Ou, Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle du globe
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- Author: Barthélemy Faujas-de-St.-Fond
- Date Published: August 2014
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Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819) abandoned the legal profession to pursue studies in natural history. Appointed a royal commissioner of mines in 1785, he also served as professor of geology at the natural history museum in Paris from 1793 until his death. His keen interest in rocks, minerals and fossils led to a number of important discoveries, among which was confirmation that basalt was a volcanic product. The present work appeared in three parts between 1803 and 1809. The first volume covers the fossils of plants and animals. The second volume was divided into two: the first part discusses rocks, minerals and metals, and the second part classifies volcanic products. Of related interest in the history of geology, Minéralogie des volcans (1784) and the revised English edition of A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 (1907) are two other works by Faujas which are also reissued in this series.
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- Date Published: August 2014
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108070737
- length: 1282 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 mm
- weight: 1.62kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Introduction
1. Des coquilles fossiles
2. Des coquilles fossiles avec leurs analogues
3. Des fistulanes, des tarets, et des siliquaires
4. Des poissons fossiles
5. Des cétacés fossiles
6. Des crocodiles fossiles
7. Des tortues fossiles
8. Des quadrupèdes fossiles
9. Des diverses espèces d'éléphants
10. Du mégalonix ou de l'animal inconnu du Paraguay
11. D'un animal inconnu de la famille des boeufs
12. Des hyppopotames
13. De quelques quadrupèdes sur lesquels les géologues n'ont pas encore des données suffisantes
14. Des végétaux fossiles
15. Des mines de charbon de terre
Table des matières
Ordre des planches
Planches. Volume 2, Part 1:
1. De la terre calcaire
2. Du quartz
3. Du feld-spath
4. Des roches granitiques
5. Des porphyres
6. Des trapps
[no ch. 7] 8. Des roches magnésiennes
9. Des métaux
Explication des planches
Planches. Volume 2, Part 2:
1. Classification des produits volcaniques
2. Table synoptique de la minérologie des volcans
3. Des volcans brulans
4. Tableau des volcans en activité
5. Supplément
Table des matières
Explication des planches
Planches.
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